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Arts of Asia. Vol. 10, No. 5. September-October 1980

Nguyet, Tuyet, ed · 1980

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Hong Kong, Tuyet Nguyet, 1980. First edition. Paper wrappers. 160 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos and reproductions. 4to. Contents include: Editorial by TUYET NGUYET ; Correspondence; Indonesian Primitive Art by IRWIN HERSEY; The Third London Convention Netsuke in Japanese ...

A Memorial of the Rev. George Archibald Smith, A.M.

Slaughter, Philip · 1889

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

New York, Thomas Whittaker, 1889. Stapled paper wrappers. 74 pp. Sm. 4to. First alumnus of the Theological Seminary of Virginia. George Archibald Smith, (1802-1889) of Alexandria, Virginia, graduated at Princeton in 1821, and in his preparation for the work of the ministry, he...

Iron Mountain Railroad Company of Memphis to John F. Dillon and George J. Gould, Trustees. First Mortgage, Dated, November 10, 1888 [Cover Title]

[Iron Mountain Railroad Company]. Gould, George Jay · 1888

$150.00 (€136.10 | £113.55 | ¥23,953)

N.Y. Burgoyne Quick Printing Co. 1888. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 17 pp. Sm. 4to. The Iron Mountain Railroad Company of Memphis was part of Jay Gould's extensive network of Railroads later taken over by his son, named in this document, George Jay Gould (1864-1923) ...

Improvement of the Mouth of the Mississippi River. Remarks of the Eighth Annual Convention, June 15, 1876. [American Society of CIVIL Engineers]

Corthell, E.L [Elmer Lawrence] · 1876

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

New York, [American Society of Civil Engineers], 1876. Paper wrappers. 12 pp. + [2] folding diagrams. Illus. with b/w diagrams. 8vo. Contains two charts: (1) Profile of South Pass from East Point Across the bar showing Progress of Scour effected by the Jetties, 24 x 9 inches, ...

Key to Rothermel's Picture of Patrick Henry, Delivering His Celebrated Speech in the House of Burgess of Virginia, in the Year 1765... . [Caption Title]

Art Union of Philadelphia. Dewey, George W.; Rothermel, Peter Frederick · 1852

$300.00 (€272.20 | £227.09 | ¥47,906)

Philadelphia, King & Baird, prg. Sansom St. Philada. 1852. First edition. Self wrappers, printed on light green paper. [4 pp]. Illus. with b/w drawings. 4to. Page 1: Key to the figures depicted; p.2: Description of the painting; p.3: Object and Plan of the Institution. Art Uni...

Daniel Hyacinth Mary LIénard de Beaujeu, Commandant of Fort Du Quesne and of the French Forces in the Battle of July 9, 1755

Shea, John Gilmary · 1884

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

n.p. n.p. 1884. Offprint. Self wrappers. [8 pp]. Sm. 4to. Scarce offprint without series designation from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. VIII, No. 2 (1884), p. 121-128, with biographical information of Daniel Hyacinth Mary Liénard De Beaujeu, (1711-17...

A Brief Sketch of the Life of William Green, LL. D. , Jurist and Scholar, with Some Personal Reminiscences of Him. Also, Historical Tract by Judge Green, and Some Curious Letters Upon the Origin of the Proverb, "Vox Populi, Vox Dei.

Slaughter, Philip · 1883

$200.00 (€181.47 | £151.39 | ¥31,937)

Richmond, Wm. Ellis Jones, 1883. First edition. Paper wrappers. 131 pp. [2] adv. Sm. 4to. Wrapper title: "Memoir of William Green, LL.D." Includes a section "The genesis of certain counties in Virginia, from cities or towns of the same name". Provenance: R. A. Brock (Gift slip...

A Discourse on the Life and Character of John Quincy Adams, Preached at the Church of the Saviour, on Sunday Evening, March 5, 1848, by Its Pastor, Frederick A. Farley

Farley, Frederick A. · 1848

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Brooklyn; [New York], Lees & Foulkes, 1848. First edition. Disbound. 31 pp. 8vo. Frederick A. Farley (1800-192), was an author and Unitarian pastor of the Westminster Congregational Society in Providence, Rhode Island and after 1841 of the Unitarian Society in Brooklyn, New Yo...

The Trottings of a Tenderfoot; or, a Visit to the Columbian Fiords and Spitzbergen

Phillipps-Wolley, Clive · 1884

$225.00 (€204.15 | £170.32 | ¥35,930)

London, R. Bentley and Son, 1884. First edition. Navy cloth ruled in blind, illustrated in gilt. [4] leaves, [iii]-v, 350 pp. [1] adv. Sm. 8vo. Expanded and best edition. Includes "Trottings of a Tenderfoot; or, The Columbian Fiords" (pp. 1-252) [with] "The Spitzbergen Swindle...

Tibetan Buddhist Altar

Reynolds, Valrae · 1991

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Newark, Newark Museum, 1991. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 32 pp. Illus. with color & b/w photos. Sm. 4to. A near fine copy.

Examples of Maya Pottery in the Museum and Other Collections. Parts I-III [All Published]

[Mayan Art] Gordon, George Byron; Mason, John Alden, eds · 1943

$1,500.00 (€1,361.00 | £1,135.45 | ¥239,531)

Philadelphia, The University Museum, 1943. First edition. Paper portfolio in later card portfolio with ties. Part I: title page, plates list, 25 plates; Part II: note, plates list, 25 plates; Part III: preface, plates list, 16 plates. 66 illustrations. Folio. Comprised of spec...

Procedimiento En Los Tribunales de Los Estados Unidos [from] Cursos Monograficos

Borges, Milo A. · 1952

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

La Habana, Academia Interamericana de Derecho Comparado e Internacional, 1952. Offprint. Paper wrappers. [93-155] pp. 8vo. Very good, wrappers edgeworn, one closed tear, contents fine.

An Act for Enabling His Majesty to Direct the Issue of Exchequer Bills to a Limited Amount, for the Purposes and in the Manner Therein Mentioned; and for Giving Relief to Trinidad, British Guiana, and St. Lucie

[West Indies, British] Great Britain · 1832

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

London, Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1832. Disbound. 31 pp [1141-1171]. 4to. Caption title./ "16th August 1832."/ At head of title: Anno Secundo & tertio. Gulielmi IV. Regis. Cap. CXXV. About very good. Marginal stai...

An Act for Allowing, Until the First Day of August, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Two, the Importation of Certain Fish from Newfoundland and the Coast of Labrador and for Granting a Bounty Thereon

[Canada. Labrador]. Great Britain · 1801

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

London, Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1801. First edition. Removed. 3 pp [489-491]. 4to. Caption title./ "27th June 1801."/ At head of title: Anno quadragesimo primo. Georgii III. Regis. Cap. LXXVII. "Salted salmon or...

[Als] Brief Note from a German Philosopher & Antifascist Who Fled Germany Before the Rise of the Nazis

Foerster, F.W. [Friedrich Wilhelm ] · 1926

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

[Biarritz], 1926. [1 pp.]. 8 x 5 inches. German academic & philosopher, Friedrich Wilhelm Foerster (1869-1966) spent his early career as a lecturer at a variety of institutions, including the University of Zurich, the University of Vienna, and the University of Munich. However...

[Als] Friedrich Jacobi Arranges for a Visit with Heinrich Wilhelm Von Gerstenberg

Jacobi, F.H. [Friedrich Heinrich] · 1797

$900.00 (€816.60 | £681.27 | ¥143,719)

Windsbach, Germany, 1797. [1 pp.] bifolium. with integral address. 7.5 x 9 inches. Rare signed letter by German philosopher & influential literary figure Friedrich Jacobi (1743-1819) who was known for his critical views of the more liberal philosophies of the day, including En...

The Tigers of Princeton University. A Campus and Safari Photo Essay

Einthoven, Wink; Smagorinsky, Margaret · 1992

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Princeton, Princeton University, 1992. Later printing. Stapled paper wrappers. 40 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 12mo. Wink Einthoven (1962-) is a Dutch photographer and visual artist, known for his photo constructions. Margaret Smagorinsky (1915 - 2011) was a past President of t...

The Miracle

Reinhardt, Max; Gest, Morris; Vollmoeller, Karl; Bel Geddes, Norman · 1926

$50.00 (€45.37 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

[New York]; [San Francisco], Morris Gest, 1926. Stapled paper wrappers. [40 pp]. Illus. with b/w & color portraits and reproductions. 4to. Souvenir of the 4th season of American productions, which began 4 Oct. 1926 at the Metropolitan Opera House, Philadelphia. "F. Ray Comstoc...

Catalogue 893: Bookbinding in Great Britain Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century

Maggs Bros · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

London, Maggs Bros, 1964. First edition. Paper wrappers. 193 pp. Illus. with 63 b/w plates. Sm. 4to. 225 items described. Wrappers crease at edgea, small chip to top of front wrapper, still about very good, contents clean.

Speech of Mr. Webster on Mr. Clay's Resolutions. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 7, 1850

Webster, [Daniel] · 1850

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

[Washington, D.C.], Gideon & Co. Printers, 1850. Second edition. Self wrappers. 15 pp. 8vo. In supporting Clay's compromise, Webster alienated his Northern supporters and friends, which, as Goodspeed noted in an early catalogue, led to Whittier's poem Ichabod: “So fallen! so l...